2011 Mogadishu bombing

The 2011 Mogadishu bombing occurred on 4 October 2011 when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber drove a bomb-rigged truck into a government complex in the city of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The bombing occurred near the Ministry of Education building, where parents and students were discussing scholarships in the Sudan and Turkey. 100 people were killed and over 110 injured in one of the worst al-Shabaab attacks during the Somali Civil War.